No more big sky. Motivation arrived.

In February I got married. I love my wife but the worst part of getting married and sending invitations is taking pictures.

I had to look at these for a long time. I knew they were going to go on social media. I always tried to avoid pictures or try to do this. 

I was always looking up and opening my mouth to try to avoid showing my double chin as much as possible. Even hide it behind object. But man oh man did wedding pictures give me a wake up call. Especially when i had to be next to all these thin people 

I love my family and friends but I am so tired of being the fat guy of the group. 

I had been following this guy since the end of 2014. His name is Tim Bauer. He lost 225 lbs in a year. I had tweeted him and watched his videos over and over. I read his story more times than i can count. Tim is truly and inspiration. In March of 2016 i saw on his website that he had an opportunity for training! I jumped right on that opportunity. In April of 2016 I finally began my journey, A 3 month training session was in my future and i was so excited. Tim was very understanding and very encouraging. He had been right where i was. He struggled just like i did. He documented his entire journey, and that is what i am doing here today. I need to be accountable. My 3 month training with Tim meant more to me than he'll ever know. I am proud not only to call him my trainer, but my friend as well. I finally got to meet him after knowing about him for over a year. It was so awesome to sit down and talk with him and meet this guy who just a few months earlier had just been a person on the internet who lost weight. 

SOmetimes you meet people in your life who you know are going to mean a lot you. I knew from the time i found out about tim till the moment i met him that he was going to be an inspiration and a mentor to me. SOmetimes people can be different when you meet them in person. This was not the case with him. He is as truly genuine on the internet as he is in person. 

I can happily say that i have lost 40Lbs since April. I am continuing with all the lessons i learned. I know it is not going to be quick. I know its going to take its time to melt the fat away. Thats what my training was all about though. I have changed my mindset this time. I am not trying to make it all go away at once and get discouraged. This time i am doing it for me. Skyler finally decided he was done and was not being told by anyone else he needed to lose weight. Skyler is finally ready to love himself for him. Skyler is worth it. Skyler will do it this time. Skyler will not over celebrate success or over mourn the scale not moving. This journey is FINALLY one i am proud of and i want my family and friends proud of me too. I have already lost a shirt size and 2 suit sizes. My writing will improve as I write more again. I hope i didnt drown on too much. So until next time stay proud and stay confident. you can do it too. 

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